Yet, other jurisdictions have chosen to move their emergency communication infrastructures and aging walkie-talkies into the Internet era with new "gateway" products manufactured by companies ranging from networking giant Cisco Systems to upstart, Birmingham, Mich.

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Yet, other jurisdictions have chosen to move their emergency communication infrastructures and aging walkie-talkies into the Internet era with new "gateway" products manufactured by companies ranging from networking giant Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) to upstart, Birmingham, Mich.

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